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Feb 3, 2007 | 12:49 PM

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E350superduty

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Can these units be used in any type of home?

I guess so. I will be installing it in a mobile home.

http://www.gotankless.com/

Feb 3, 2007 | 01:24 PM

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Thanks for the link.

Feb 3, 2007 | 01:47 PM

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I guess so. I will be installing it in a mobile home.

http://www.gotankless.com/

I like what I read asked the Professor and ir recommended the model 220 or as a upgrade to the model 240.

Feb 3, 2007 | 06:21 PM

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I have electric baseboard heat in the house I'm renting right now. I wouldn't have them in my own home if they were given to me. There's a thermostat control in every room, but they seem extremely hard to regulate the heat. One plus though, I can turn it down to about 50 degrees in a room that we don't use much, but for no bigger than the house is, the electric bill is still pretty high. The house I'm fixin up has fuel oil heat in it. I'm eventually gonna switch it over to propane, but first things first, I gotta get the house in livable condition first. It's gotta have floors, drywall, and ceiling put in some of the rooms.

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Feb 3, 2007 | 09:07 PM

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First, wear more clothes.

Second, check for drafts from windows, doors, electrical outlets and light switches.

Third, keep it cooler at night when your sleeping. 5 degrees or more is fine since you wont notice under the covers. With a programmable thermostat, it can be set to turn on 30 minutes before you get up.

Do you drrink coffee every morning? Pouring your freshly brewed pot in a carafe and turning off the burner will save a lot. Like turning off a running a hiar dryer. A good carafe will keep your liquids sipping hot for 3-4 hours, at least.

Good luck with it.

Feb 3, 2007 | 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Crash687

It is the equivalent of setting the cruise in your car.

Well that would be bad becuase using cruse in your car gives you worse fuel mialage then driving normaly with your foot at the same speed. Mainly because the car "hits the gas" hard when going up hills and that eats fuel.

Feb 4, 2007 | 03:22 AM

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Only problem with that, you will not be climbing any hills in a house, unless you let the house get cold.(like leaving a window or door open or using a setback t-stat) Just about everything in your house holds temperature, so when you drop the temperature in the space, the walls, floors, tables, chairs, etc. also get cold. In turn adds to the load that needs to be heated, remember that heat goes to cold.

Heat loss in your house is a relatively a constant loss, like a hole in the bucket full of water, it comes down to how much water will you let before you start to add water, then factor that the fill rate has to overcome the loss of water and the amount the bucket leaks.

E350superduty, If and when you go to a tankless water heater, make sure the gasline feeding it is size properly for it. Depending on the size of the water heater, the burners in them are up to 7 times the capacity of a standard hot water heater.

Feb 4, 2007 | 10:01 PM

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Somewhere I read one time, an averaged sized home with all the windows and doors shut, still leaks the equivalent of air that would go out an open door.